The Clash were mere days away from releasing Combat Rock when drummer Topper Headon was unceremoniously fired. Fittingly, he appeared to be pained and out
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On May 10, 1982, Duran Duran released their second album, Rio. Issued less than a year after the Birmingham quintet’s self-titled debut, Rio was a
When Radiohead singer Thom Yorke was enrolled at Abingdon School in Oxfordshire, he was assigned to write a bit of Martian poetry. In England in
After much introspective writing on The Bends, Radiohead singer Thom Yorke changed his perspective for the songs on OK Computer, focusing outward on society, authority and technology.
The first-ever surround-sound concert on May 12, 1967, was both predictably by space-rock pioneers Pink Floyd and predictably very lo-fi. They’d already set new standards for
The Rolling Stones fled to the south of France in the summer of 1971, after a notably turbulent period. Cofounder Brian Jones had been found
For almost 20 years now, superheroes have ruled the movie and television world. Sometimes it seems like they always will. But it’s worth remembering that
How Radiohead Were Crushed by a ‘Wall of Sound’ on ‘Let Down’
The Black Keys’ first album is, literally, a collection of basement tapes. When drummer Pat Carney and guitarist Dan Auerbach set up shop in Carney’s
When David Bowie Gave ‘All the Young Dudes’ to Mott the Hoople